9:19 PM
Ash meticulously prepared himself for the walk. He leaves the bedroom and to the living room he arrives.
"Ready yet?"
"I should also get changed, I'll be done in less than you though!" answers Eiji.
Eiji stumbles on his way to the bedroom, trying to be quicker than his boyfriend, making Ash giggle and Eiji get flustered.
He quickly gets back on his feet and to the bedroom.
He stops a bit.
"Oh. Oh. Oh... I didn't shower today..."
"So you will take longer, now, won't you?"
Eiji sprints to the bathroom, then back to the bedroom, gets clothes from the closet, stumbles again, runs back to the bathroom and turns on the warm water.
In a hurry, he leaves the bathroom door slightly open. Through that crack you could see the mirror and the mirror showed Eiji.
Ash was looking at Eiji, who'd already realised the door was open and decided to leave it that way.
He took off his clothes, not in a hurry anymore, realising that the childish race was already over, although fun while it lasted. He stalls a bit with his finger on the button of his pants, wandering off in his thoughts... Then comes back and takes them off, like the rest of his clothing.
He's graceful in his own way. Mesmerising to those who love him. And Ash loves him. He's proud to be his lover.
He slowly gets in the tub and dives his head under the water.
Warm water going inside his nostrils and ears, making him completely at calm. He almost forgets to get out, maybe actually forgets since Ash is the one who hurried to the bathroom and took his head out of the water;
"Are you alright!? I was getting so worried..."
Ash obviously freaked out. But it's something so small, it's not like anything actually happened. But Ash was crying. Was he angry? No, just upset...
"Hey, hey! It's alright! I promise I'm alright, we're alright...!"
"You're... right... I'm sorry... I... am sorry."
Ash catches his breath.
The warm water caused condense on the mirror. You could no longer see from outside. The mist was somewhat blocking, hard to breathe, even worse for Ash who was crying and clothed.
"Hey, hey, it's alright, please, you're alright!" Eiji says while hugging him.
